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DFS on Server 2008 – Error ID: 9032 (The connection is shutting down). Event ID: 5002

1. The problematic replicated folder is “waiting for initial replication”, this could be due to the not setting the primary member. Please run the following command to find if you have any primary server already for that RG name (IsPrimary=Yes) Dfsradmin Membership List /RGname:<replication group name> /attr:MemName,RFName,IsPrimary If the result shows the value for IsPramary […]

Windows Update stopped working, or Service is missing

Go to Start / All Programs / Accessories. Right Click the ‘Command Prompt’ item and click the ‘Run As Administrator’ option.  In the Command Prompt window, Paste the following command.  REGSVR32 %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL  Press ENTER.  You should see a popup that says the command succeeded.  Exit the command prompt and try Windows Update again.

DFS was configured and working fine on Server 2008 STD, but now it’s no longer replicating.

– Due to the following error, the DFS Replication reporting mechanism cannot access the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) namespace to retrieve certain reporting information. Error ID: 0x80041002. – DFS Replication cannot replicate with partner <server name> for replication group <domain>\<name space>\<share>. The partner did not recognize the connection or the replication group configuration. The DFS Replication […]

Windows Event Viewer CUSTOM XML FILTER

<QueryList> <Query Id=”0″ Path=”Security”> <Select Path=”Security”>*[EventData[Data and (Data=”swilkinson”)]]</Select> </Query> </QueryList> Here are examples of simple custom filters in Windows Event Log: Select all events in the Security Event Log where the account name involved (TargetUserName) is “AUser” <QueryList><Query Id=”0″ Path=”Security”><Select Path=”Security”>*[EventData[Data[@Name=”TargetUserName”] and (Data=”AUser”)]]</Select></Query></QueryList> Select all events in the Security Event Log where the string “AUser” […]